Day 8: The flakes ball

The legend of "Siegfried cabinetmaker"

There're hundreds of years in the current Sweden, a cabinetmaker named Sigfrid lived in his studio. In December, to please children of his village, he sewed small wooden balls.

One day, Sigfrid has not lost his childhood soul, invented a game for children. He fashioned a special ball. It consisted of four separate flat faces which, when assembled, formed a ball decorated all round flakes. He amused himself while hiding these four pieces around the streets. He then announced that the first child would happen to ride properly composed his ball, would be offered a large Semlor, a typical Swedish pastry cream based which everyone doted ...

... Which this is the famous secret recipe revealed:

The Semlor
Preparation time: 75 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Ingredients (for 14 cakes):
For the dough:
- 100 g butter
- 3 dl milk
- 50 g yeast
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 10 cl sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 liter flour
- 1/2 teaspoon of deer horn salt (ammonium carbonate)

For the filling:
- 200 g marzipan
- 10 cl milk
- custard
- icing sugar

Preparation of the recipe :
- Crumble the yeast in a large bowl.
- Melt the butter and mix the milk and bring to 37 ° C exactly.
- Pour the yeast and mix.
- Add the sugar, egg and salt without stop turning.
- When the liquid is homogeneous, begin to gradually add flour and deer horn salt. Knead until you have a smooth dough, cover with a damp towel, and let rest 30 minutes.
- About a dish covered with baking paper, make 14 balls with the dough. It is necessary that the surface is smooth and that there are no irregularities.
- Cover and let rest for 30 minutes again.
- Bake 8 to 10 min at 225 ° C (gas mark 7-8), and then allow to cool (very important!).
- Meanwhile, there will be mixed with milk and almond paste.
- To complete the preparation, cut the top of semlor, remove the inside of the lower part (and eat!), Then fill with almond paste.
- Cover generously with pastry cream, then replace the cap and sprinkle with icing sugar.

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